Guide to the Kraemer-Milligan Family Collection
Special Collections & Archives
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8326
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Kraemer-Milligan Family Collection
Creator:
Kraemer-Milligan Family
Identifier/Call Number: SC.KMF
Extent:
1.97 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1913-ca. 1993
Abstract: John Thomas Milligan raised white
Leghorn chickens on his Oakgrove farm near Stithton, Kentucky. He migrated to the San
Fernando Valley in 1922 and started The California White Leghorn Breeding Farm in the
Lankershim area of the Valley (now North Hollywood). Mr. Milligan's daughter, Wilhelmina C.
Milligan, married Edgar W. Kraemer, whose father, Herman Kraemer was also in the poultry
business in the San Fernando Valley. The collection consists primarily of photographs,
histories of the Kraemer and Milligan families, and ephemera.
Language of Material: English
Family History:
John Thomas Milligan raised white Leghorn chickens on his Oakgrove farm near Stithton,
Kentucky. He migrated to the San Fernando Valley in 1922 and started The California White
Leghorn Breeding Farm in the Lankershim area of the Valley (now North Hollywood). Mr
Milligan's daughter, Wilhelmina C. Milligan, married Edgar W. Kraemer, whose father, Herman
Kraemer was also in the poultry business in the San Fernando Valley.
Scope and Contents
The
Kraemer-Milligan Family Collection documents the poultry
farming industry in the San Fernando Valley during the early- and mid-20th century, and
consists primarily of photographs, histories of the Kraemer and Milligan families, and
ephemera.
Related Materials:
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Wilhelmina Milligan, 1995.
Preferred Citation:
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style
manual, or see the
Citing Archival
Materials
guide.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ephemera
Documents
Photographs
Box 1, Folder 1
Kraemer, Edgar Williams (Sr.), Photographic Print
Box 1, Folder 2
The Kraemer Family,
ca. 1993
Box 1, Folder 3
Kraemer, Herman, Photographic Print
Box 1, Folder 4
Kraemer, Katherine (Rech), Photographic Print
Box 1, Folder 5
Kraemer, Wilhelmina Catherine (Milligan), Photographic Print,
ca. 1939
Box 1, Folder 6
Milligan, Alice Jockell, Photographic Print
Box 1, Folder 7
Milligan, Edwin Samuel, Navy Medal,
ca. 1920
Box 1, Folder 8
The Milligan Family, Book 1-2,
ca. 1993
Box 1, Folder 9
Milligan, John Thomas, Photographic Print
Box 1, Folder 10
Milligan, J.T., Trophy Display
Box 2, Item 1
Silver plated trophy cup, 13" high. Engraved "Mediterranean Class Won by
J.T. Milligan & Son in
The Evening
Post
International Egg Laying Contest six months Ending April 14,
1913"
Box 2, Item 2
Copper printing plate of a rooster used for letterhead for Mr.
J.T. Milligan & Son's poultry business, 4" x 5"
Box 2, Item 3
Copper printing plate of a chicken used for letterhead for Mr.
J.T. Milligan & Son's poultry business, 2" x 2" (round
engraving)
Box 3, Item 1
"Lankershim Press, Progress Edition,"
April 1925
